Thomas ASTEBRO

Professeur

Economie et Sciences de la Décision

astebro@hec.fr
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Biographie

Thomas Åstebro is the L'Oreal Professor of Entrepreneurship at HEC Paris and Academic Director, CDL Paris. He has also held tenure track positions at University of Toronto, University of Waterloo and KU Leuven.

Thomas Åstebro's research areas relates to innovation and entrepreneurship. He has published over 40 articles in journals such as  Management Science, Organization Science,  RAND Journal of Economics and the Economic Journal. Thomas is currently Editor at Small Business Economics and Associate Editor at Management Science.

Thomas Åstebro has worked as a management consultant in the field of business strategy. Has also founded several companies. Thomas obtained his Doctorate from Carnegie Mellon University. He has a Master of Engineering and an MBA from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden.

Articles scientifiques

"Remembering David J Storey, a pioneer of the entrepreneurship field" (editorial)

Small Business Economics, janvier 2024, vol. 62, pp 1-21, (in coll. with S. C. Parker, D. B. Audretsch, R. Blackburn, A. Burke, A. Coad, M. Cowling, P. Davidsson, M. Fritsch, F. Greene, P. D. Reynolds, R. Thurik)

Herding in Equity Crowdfunding

RAND Journal of Economics, automne 2024, vol. 55, n° 3, pp 403-441, (in coll. with M. FERNANDEZ, S. LOVO, N. VULKAN)

Declining science‐based startups: Strategic human capital and the value of working in startups versus established firms

Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, décembre 2023, vol. 17, n° 4, pp 830-856, (in coll. with Y. DING, S. Braguinsky)

System-, teacher-, and student-level interventions for improving participation in online learning at scale in high schools

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America_PNAS, juillet 2023, vol. 120, n° 30, pp e2216686120, (in coll. with I. Asanov, A.-M. Asanov, G. Buenstorf, B. CRÉPON, D. McKenzie, F. P. Flores T., M. Mensmann, M. SCHULTE)

Venture Capital Financing in Europe: Gender and Ethnic Diversity in Founder Teams

Journal of Portfolio Management, septembre 2022, vol. 48, n° 9, pp 250-271, (in coll. with R. Rafih, C. J. SERRANO)

Practical Applications of An Inside Peek at AI Use in Private Equity

Practical Applications, septembre 2022, pp 513,

Impact Measurement based on Repeated Randomized Control Trials: The Case of a Training Program to Encourage Social Entrepreneurship

Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, juin 2021, vol. 15, n° 2, pp 254-278, (in coll. with F. HOOS)

An Inside Peek at AI Use in Private Equity

The Journal of Financial Data Science, été 2021, vol. 3, n° 3, pp 97-107,

The Impact of Overconfidence and Ambiguity Attitude on Market Entry

Organization Science, mars - avril 2020, vol. 31, n° 2, pp 308-329, (in coll. with C. GUTIERREZ, T. OBLOJ)

Academic Entrepreneurship: The Bayh-Dole Act versus the Professor’s Privilege

Industrial and Labor Relations Review_ILR Review, October 2019, vol. 72, n° 5, pp 1094-1122, (in coll. with B. BRAGUINSKY, P. BRAUNERHJELM, A. BROSTRÖM)

Chapitres d'ouvrages

The Returns to Entrepreneurship

The Oxford Handbook Of Entrepreneurial Finance, D. Cummins (ed.), Oxford University Press, 45-108

Universities, Entrepreneurship and Regional Local Development

Handbook Of Research On Entrepreneurship And Regional Development, M. Fritsch (ed.), Edward Elgar Publishing, 252-333

"Universitetens roll för nyföretagande och regional utveckling", (The role of universities for new firm formation and regional development)

2010 “An Innovation Strategy For Sweden– Swedish Economic Forum Policy Summary”, P. Braunerhjelm, Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum, 47-61

Computer Aided Design

Computer Integrated Manufacturing, The Past, The Present And The Future, R. U. Ayres, W. Haywood, M. E. Merchant, J. Ranta, J. Warnecke (eds.), Chapman & Hall, 83-96

The International Diffusion of Computer Aided Design

Computer Integrated Manufacturing Technologies; Models, Case Studies And Forecasts Of Diffusion, R.U. Ayres, W. Haywood, I. Tchijov (eds.), Chapman & Hall, 171-196

Actes de conférence

Two-Sided Platform Governance: Are Founders Manipulating the Crowd in Crowdfunding?

Munich Summer Institute 2022 , 2022 (J. PENALVA)

The Role of Overconfidence? An Experiment on Attitudes Toward Two Types of Ambiguity

2019 DRUID conference , 2019 , Copenhaguen , 4970 (A. SHYTI, C. PARASCHIV)

The impact of overconfidence on market entry

76th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management , 2016 , Anaheim , Meeting Abstract Supplement , January (C. GUTIERREZ MORENO)

Cahiers de recherche

Declining Business Dynamism among Our Best Opportunities: The Role of the Burden of Knowledge

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2020

On-line Appendix for 'Academic Entrepreneurship: Bayh-Dole versus the Professor's Privilege'

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2018

Gross, Net, and New Job Creation by Entrepreneurs

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2017

Herding in Equity Crowdfunding

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2017

The Impact of Overconfidence and Ambiguity Attitude on Market Entry

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2017

Appendix: Invention Quality and Entrepreneurial Earnings: The Role of Prior Employment Variety

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2016

Invention Quality and Entrepreneurial Earnings: The Role of Prior Employment Variety

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2016

Public Policy to Promote Entrepreneurship: A Call to Arms

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2016

The Effects of a Training Program to Encourage Social Entrepreneurship

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2016

Academic Entrepreneurship: Bayh-Dole versus the 'Professor's Privilege'

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2015

Articles scientifiques

"Remembering David J Storey, a pioneer of the entrepreneurship field" (editorial)

Small Business Economics, janvier 2024, vol. 62, pp 1-21, (in coll. with S. C. Parker, D. B. Audretsch, R. Blackburn, A. Burke, A. Coad, M. Cowling, P. Davidsson, M. Fritsch, F. Greene, P. D. Reynolds, R. Thurik)

Herding in Equity Crowdfunding

RAND Journal of Economics, automne 2024, vol. 55, n° 3, pp 403-441, (in coll. with M. FERNANDEZ, S. LOVO, N. VULKAN)

Declining science‐based startups: Strategic human capital and the value of working in startups versus established firms

Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, décembre 2023, vol. 17, n° 4, pp 830-856, (in coll. with Y. DING, S. Braguinsky)

System-, teacher-, and student-level interventions for improving participation in online learning at scale in high schools

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America_PNAS, juillet 2023, vol. 120, n° 30, pp e2216686120, (in coll. with I. Asanov, A.-M. Asanov, G. Buenstorf, B. CRÉPON, D. McKenzie, F. P. Flores T., M. Mensmann, M. SCHULTE)

Chapitres d'ouvrages

The Returns to Entrepreneurship

The Oxford Handbook Of Entrepreneurial Finance, D. Cummins (ed.), Oxford University Press, 45-108

Universities, Entrepreneurship and Regional Local Development

Handbook Of Research On Entrepreneurship And Regional Development, M. Fritsch (ed.), Edward Elgar Publishing, 252-333

"Universitetens roll för nyföretagande och regional utveckling", (The role of universities for new firm formation and regional development)

2010 “An Innovation Strategy For Sweden– Swedish Economic Forum Policy Summary”, P. Braunerhjelm, Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum, 47-61

Computer Aided Design

Computer Integrated Manufacturing, The Past, The Present And The Future, R. U. Ayres, W. Haywood, M. E. Merchant, J. Ranta, J. Warnecke (eds.), Chapman & Hall, 83-96

Actes de conférence

Two-Sided Platform Governance: Are Founders Manipulating the Crowd in Crowdfunding?

Munich Summer Institute 2022 , 2022 (J. PENALVA)

The Role of Overconfidence? An Experiment on Attitudes Toward Two Types of Ambiguity

2019 DRUID conference , 2019 , Copenhaguen , 4970 (A. SHYTI, C. PARASCHIV)

The impact of overconfidence on market entry

76th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management , 2016 , Anaheim , Meeting Abstract Supplement , January (C. GUTIERREZ MORENO)

Cahiers de recherche

Declining Business Dynamism among Our Best Opportunities: The Role of the Burden of Knowledge

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2020

On-line Appendix for 'Academic Entrepreneurship: Bayh-Dole versus the Professor's Privilege'

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2018

Gross, Net, and New Job Creation by Entrepreneurs

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2017

Herding in Equity Crowdfunding

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2017

Formation

  • Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University - Etats-Unis
  • Licentiate of Technology, Chalmers University of Technology - Suède
  • Master of Science, Chalmers University of Technology - Suède

Activités scientifiques

Adhésion à l'organisation académique ou professionnelle

  • Member of the Executive Committe, SEI (Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Innovation)
  • Member of selection committee, Canadian Young Entrepreneur Award

Activités scientifiques

  • mars 2016- Editor, Small Business Economics
  • 2015- Associate Editor, Management Science
  • 2014- Advisory Editor, Research Policy
  • janvier 2011-janvier 2013 Associate Editor, European Management Review
  • 2001- Chief Academic Review Officer, TIM Division, Administrative Sciences Association of Canada
  • Editeur Adjoint, Industrial and Corporate Change

    • Conference organisation

  • 2017-2017 Organisateur, 6ème HEC Entrepreneurship Workshop on Entrepreneurship and Development
  • 2014-2014 Organisateur, 5ème HEC Workshop on Entrepreneurial Finance
  • 2013-2013 Organisateur, 4ème HEC Entrepreneurship Workshop on Crowdfunding
  • 2012-2012 Organisateur, 3rd HEC Entrepreneurship Workshop on Student Entrepreneurship
  • 2011- Member of the SEI (Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Innovation) Organizing Committee 2011
  • 2010-2010 Organisateur, 2nd HEC Entrepreneurship workshop on Academic Entrepreneurship
  • 2009-2009 Organisateur, 1st HEC Entrepreneurship workshop on Entrepreneurial Entry

    • Prix ​​& honneurs

    • 2016 Best Empirical Paper, AoM Entrepreneurship Division, AoM conference
    • 2016 Chair of Excellence
    • 2015 Finalist, Prix Académique de la Recherche en Management
    • 2014 Management Science Distinguished Service Award
    • 2003 Best Paper: Administrative Association of Canada, Technology and Innovation Management Division
    • 2001 National Award: 2nd place Most Promising Technology, Awarded by the Innovations Foundation, University of Toronto
    • 1999 Best Paper, Runner Up: Canadian Council on Small Business and Entrepreneurship Conference
    • 1995 National Award: NSERC/SSHRC/CIBC Associate Chair in Management of Technological Change
    • 1991 1994 - National Scholarship: Jan Wallander and Tom Hedelius Foundation for Research in the Social Sciences
    • 1991 National Scholarship: The Sweden-America Foundation
    • 1989 Scholarship: The Institute for Management of Innovation and Technology, Sweden, 10 year Jubilee Stipend
    • 1988 Scholarship: Arvid Lindmans Memorial Foundation
    • 1988 National Scholarship: The Swedish Natural Science Research Council